It’s too sloppy in Chicago today to wear anything fancy, but here’s a pair that can stand up to the elements. Guess the hide.
UPDATE: It’s been guessed: the hide is SHARK. There’s no mistaking this crenulated hide, which is stiff to the touch, and of course very durable. The crenulations allow it to be dyed in nice patterns, as in these boots.
Other December 30 birthdays: Rudyard Kipling (1865), Bo Diddley (1928), Sandy Koufax (1935; the greatest Jewish pitcher of all time, still alive and yet dropped out of sight), Tracy Ullman (1959; watch her hilarious YouTube spoof of Arianna Huffington, which mentions Christopher Hitchens), two Monkees (Michael Nesmith, 1942, and Davy Jones, 1945), Patti Smith (1946), Tiger Woods (1975), and Skeeter Davis (1931).
Merry Coynemas!
After my miserable showing in the last “guess the hide” installment…I’ll just go with “comfortable” and leave it at that.
Cheers,
b&
happy bday 🙂
Happy, happy, joy, joy to you sir.
Happy Birthday!
The New England city slicker guesses alligator.
Snake?
Goat
Happy b-day, Jerry! Does this mean that Coynezaa officially ends tonight?
Happy birthday Jerry and I’m going to say snake.
I’ve been beaten to “snake” so I’ll go with my second guess: ostrich.
Happy birthday, Dr. Coyne.
All wrong so far.
Elephant? And happy birthday!
Another Dec. 30 birthday is my wife, Doc Helen, 195*.
Boots: yeti
Unicorn. For shame.
Buffalo – AGAIN.
Change of mind: Hippo.
Nobody got it yet.
Happy birthday Jerry! My guess is anteater. Nice boots!
Happy birthday from a long-time lurker.
And those are really nice boots. Is that pigskin?
Lizard ?
Happy birthday!
Leather, or some kind of animal skin. 🙂
Happy Birthday. If your mother’s still kicking, don’t forget to send her flowers for getting you started.
Rhino?
I’m going to guess either Shark or Stingray.
Happy B’day
Which one?
I was leaning towards Stingray but I saw your update 😉
The patterning is smoother than my shark boots.
Bison?
I’ve always wanted a pair of bichon frise boots but the neighbors would complain if Buffy and Muffy disappeared.
You know, come to think of it, if you’re interested in yap-all-night Bichon Frise boots I might be able to “cut” you a deal, not that we ever had this conversation …
Hmmm. Non-mammal is out; ostrich shows quills, snake/lizard/caiman/gator all show scale patterns, etc. Goat and llama and so on are too fine-grained. Bullhide is the closest guess I can make based on visual evidence only, but it’s not quite a perfect match there, either.
Looks like shark to me. Or perhaps it’s a trick. They’re really made from pake!
Bingo. Shark.
Best of birthday celebrations to you!
Hide: Dung Beetle
Happy Birthday!